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2. ______ bat who fell upon ______ ground and was caught by ______ weasel pleaded to be spared his life ______ weasel refused, saying that he was by nature ______enemy of all birds. ______ bat assured him that he was not ______ bird, but ______ mouse, and thus was set free.

3. He got ______next morning, to be sure, and had his meals ______ usual, though he ate ______ and had more, I am afraid, than his usual supply of rum, for he helped himself ______ the bar, scowling and blowing ______ his nose, and no one dared ______ cross him.

4. Prof. Mandal walks to the market and comes back in an auto. It takes him 90 minutes to make the round trip. If he takes an auto both ways it takes him 30 minutes. On Sunday, he decides to walk both ways. How long would it take him?

100 minutes120 minutes140 minutes150 minutes

5. The mean of six positive integers is 15. The median is 18, and the only mode of the integers is less than 18. The maximum possible value of the largest of the six integers is

26283032

6. 70% of the students who joined XLRI last year play football, 75% play cricket, 80% play basketball and 85% play carom. The minimum percentage of students who play all four games is:

5%10%15%20%

7. Ram, Shyam and Hari went out for a 100 km journey. Ram and Hari started the journey in Ram’s car at the rate of 25 km/h, while Shyam walked at 5 km/h. After sometime Hari got off and started walking at the rate of 5 km/h and Ram went back to pick up Shyam. All three reached the destination simultaneously. The number of hours required for the trip was:

8765

8. In a square PQRS, A and B are two points on PS and SR such that PA = 2AS, and RB = 2BS. If PQ = 6, the area of the triangle ABQ is (is it a repeat)

11. A number is interesting if on adding the sum of the digits of the number and the product of the digits of the number, the result is equal to the number. What fraction of numbers between 10 and 100 (both 10 and 100 included) is interesting?

0.10.110.16None of the above

12. Six playing cards are lying face down on a table, two of them are kings. Two cards are drawn at random. Let a denote the probability that at least one of the cards drawn is a king, and b denote the probability of not drawing a king. The ratio a/b is

≥ 0.25 and ≤ 0.5≥ 1.0 and ≤ 1.25≥ 0.75 and ≤ 1.0≥ 1.25

13. Consider the expression: (xxx)b x3, where b is the base, and x is any digit of base b. Find the value of b.

567None of the above

14. Consider a function f(x) = x4 + x3 + x2 + x + 1, where x is a positive integer greater than 1. What will be the remainder if (x5) is divided by f(x)?

145a monomial in x

15. Which of the bodies decide the monetary policy in India

Reserve Bank of IndiaMinistry of FinanceMinistry of CommerceMinistry of Finance and Commerce